plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
chemical analysis qualitative analysis | the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements |
quantitative analysis quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
chemical terrorism | terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare, can undermine the personal security of citizens, a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced |
chemical engineering | the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems |
chemical defense chemical defence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents |
chemical warfare chemical operations | warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy |
agribusiness agriculture factory farm | a large-scale farming enterprise |
plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
analytical balance chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
automobile factory auto factory car factory | a factory where automobiles are manufactured |
bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
chemical bomb gas bomb | a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
chemical reactor | an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction |
chemical weapon | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
factory ship | a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea |
factory whistle | a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
periwinkle plant derivative | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
power station power plant powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
recycling plant | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
sewage disposal plant disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
chemical property | a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity |
equilibrium law law of chemical equilibrium | (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction |
plant | something planted secretly for discovery by another, the police used a plant to trick the thieves, he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant |
chemistry chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
chemical engineering | the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes |
Chemical Weapons Convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons |
chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry |
formula chemical formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
oyster plant vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
chemical industry | the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively |
plant department building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW | international organization for chemical disarmament, administers the Chemical Weapons Convention |
think tank think factory | a company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications |